Improvement in sights for fire-arms



M. L. MGCORD. SIGHTS FOR FIRE-ARMS.

Patented Sept.25,1877.

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N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. n C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARCUS L. MCGORD, OF NASHVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN SIGHTS FCR FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,518, dated September 25, 1877; application filed June 25, 1877.

' my improved sight has been applied, showing in full lines the sight folded, and in dotted lines the sight extended, part being broken away to show the construction. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same, the sight being shown as extended.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved sight for pistols and other iire-arms, which shall be so constructed that it may be readily extended tothe rearward to give a longer range to the sight and greater accuracy of aim.

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawing, and then pointed out iu the claim.

A represents the stock, and B the barrel, of a pistol, about the construction of which parts there is nothing new.

C is the forward sight, which is attached to the upper side of the forward end of the barrel B inthe usual way.

To the rear end of the barrel B, or to a projection or support attached to said barrel, is hinged the end of a bar, D, in such a way that the said bar may be turned back into a position parallel with its former position, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. l.

The bar D, when turned back, rests upon a support, E, attached to the stock A, and which enters a guide-socket formed in the said bar. The bar D is made'of such a length that when turned down upon the barrel B its forward end may abut against the forward sight C, and may be secured in place by a springcatch, d1, attached to the said bar D, and which engages with the recessed rear side of the said sight G. d2 is the rear sight, which, when the bar D has been turned down upon the barrel B, enters a transverse groove in the said barrel. The bar D may be pivoted to the rear end of the barrel B, so that it may be swung around from one position to the other; or it may be slid into a dovetail groove in the upper side of the barrel B. When the bar D is neatly and accurately made the support E need not be used.

The bar D may be hinged to or otherwise connected with the stock A of the arm, instead of the barrel B.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A fire-arm having the bar D hinged at one end, provided with sight d2 at the other, and folding back on a support, E, as and for the purpose specified.

l MARCUS L. MGCORD.

Witnesses:

FRANK L. McGoED, C. F. HAETMAN. 

